Amos 6:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If only ten of you survive by hiding in a house you will still die.

Cross References

Esther 5:11

and started boasting about his great wealth and all his sons. He told them the many ways that the king had honoured him and how all the other officials and leaders had to respect him.

Job 1:19

when suddenly a storm from the desert blew the house down, crushing all your children. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

Job 1:2

Job had seven sons and three daughters.

Job 20:28

and all their possessions will be dragged off when God becomes angry.

Psalm 109:13

Bring an end to his family, and from now on let him be a forgotten man.

Isaiah 14:21

We will slaughter your sons to make them pay for the crimes of their ancestors. They won't take over the world or build cities anywhere on this earth.

Jeremiah 9:21

‘We were in our fortress, but death sneaked in through our windows. It even struck down children at play and our strongest young men.’

Amos 5:3

The LORD God has warned, “From every ten soldiers only one will be left; from a thousand troops, only a hundred will survive.”

1 Samuel 2:33

If I let anyone from your family be a priest, his life will be full of sadness and sorrow. But most of the men in your family will die a violent death!